FireWire Depot LLC has announced the release of new FireWire 800 cables, bridgeboards, and a new FireWire 400/USB 2.0 combo enclosure as well. The new FireWire 800 cables include new 9 pin to 9 pin ...

Griffin Technology on Thursday announced its Dock400 FireWire cable, designed to work with Apple’s iPod dock or with iPods directly. Griffin is aiming the Dock400 at new iPod buyers who don’t get a ...

Sometimes also called IEEE-1394, the FireWire standard allows for high-speed connections to external drives. FireWire 400 is roughly comparable to USB 2.0, and drives and ports using FireWire 800 are ...

Griffin Technology today announced three new additions to its Clear Choice line of cables. Included in the new offerings is a 6-foot FireWire 400 connection cable (US$14.99), a 6-foot FireWire ...

I want to buy a 2.5" external harddisk to make use of Time Machine for my Master degree. But I'm struggling between Firewire 400 and 800. Currently I own an old iBook G4 but maybe in the not so ...

We've received a couple of comments about using many FireWire devices at once. A recent note from reader Peter says: I have a G5 2G and five external drives and two internal. One of the external drive ...

USB 2.0 is the most popular connection technology for external devices, with FireWire (either 400 or 800) a close second. However, if you really want extreme speed, eSATA is the way to go, as Seagate ...

The 6-pin FireWire 400 port made its way into every Apple laptop released between January 2003 and October 2008, with the exception of the MacBook Air. With a greater sustained throughput than USB 2.0 ...